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Connie asked her sister Natasha to help her pick an aftershave for their brother. Natasha started reciting a list of different brand names, when Connie stopped her and said, "I recognize that one." Marketers call this


A) selective recall.
B) free association.
C) aided recall.
D) recall mapping.
E) top-of-mind awareness.

F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

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As director of marketing, Johan uses prior sales and communication activities to determine the present communication budget. This describes which method of IMC budgeting?


A) reach and frequency
B) track and decode
C) objective-and-task
D) rule-of-thumb
E) sender-receiver

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Public relations is the component of IMC that has received the greatest increase in aggregate spending.

A) True
B) False

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One of the newest IMC efforts is the use of corporate blogs. Why do businesses use them?

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As the number of communication media have increased, the task of understanding how best to reach target customers has become easier.

A) True
B) False

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Personal selling can be successful only through the use of print, newspapers, and radio.

A) True
B) False

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Public relations is the component of IMC that


A) supports other promotional efforts by generating free media attention.
B) has received the greatest increase in spending.
C) converts mass media advertising into direct marketing.
D) most effectively uses IMC encoding.
E) generates the most gross rating points.

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Julie is developing a budget for her firm's IMC program. First, she sets objectives. Then she chooses media, and finally she determines the cost for each product to be promoted. Julie is using the __________ method of establishing an IMC budget.


A) reach and frequency
B) track and decode
C) objective-and-task
D) rule-of-thumb
E) sender-receiver

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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The manufacturer of Beats headphones by Dr. Dre decides to advertise in the "lifestyles" sections of big-city newspapers. However, this generates a limited response in sales. Which of these represents a likely breakdown in the communication process here?


A) The message was decoded incorrectly.
B) The message was not transmitted.
C) The message was not received by its intended audience.
D) The message was encoded incorrectly.
E) The sender was not clearly identified.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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In the IMC communication process, the __________ is the medium that carries the message.


A) feedback loop
B) sender
C) transmitter
D) communication channel
E) receiver

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Though advertising experts wish it were true, there is not always a direct link between a particular marketing communication and a consumer's purchase.

A) True
B) False

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In the IMC process, noise can occur as a result of lack of message clarity, a flaw in the medium, or


A) competing messages.
B) an extended feedback loop.
C) indirect encoding.
D) biased decoding.
E) excessive reach.

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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When Molly asked her firm's advertising agency to estimate how often consumers saw her firm's IMC message and what percentage of the target audience was exposed to the message, she was told the reach was 40, the frequency was 4, and the competitive parity was 10. The gross rating points for her firm's campaign were


A) 160.
B) 1,600.
C) 400.
D) 40.
E) The answer cannot be determined from this information.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Carlos uses a company blog to announce new merchandise, get feedback from customers, and allow customers to share information about his products. His frequent customers use the blog on a regular basis to keep up with what is happening with the company's products and to share product preferences. This is called


A) search engine marketing.
B) social shopping.
C) blog marketing.
D) e-communication.
E) e-advertising.

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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What are the individual elements of integrated marketing communications, and how does each contribute to an IMC campaign?

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Responses should describe adve...

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What is being used by a store owner who sends out a text message to her preferred customers announcing the arrival of this season's new clothing?


A) mobile marketing
B) social marketing
C) personal selling
D) sales promotions
E) advertising

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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How is advertising different from public relations?

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Advertising is a paid form of communicat...

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In the communication process of marketing communications, the marketing department often functions in the role of transmitter.

A) True
B) False

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__________ refers to the process by which the receiver interprets the sender's message.


A) Decoding
B) Feedback
C) Precoding
D) Encoding
E) Tracking

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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The message originates from the transmitter, who must be clearly identified to the intended audience.

A) True
B) False

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